INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS
Program Schedule
- Summer Session: July 16 to July 30, 2024
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Topics
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Economic Theories
Learning objects including but not limited to
- Explore how individuals, organizations and nations manage resources and respond to scarcity
- Familiarize yourself with core principles in microeconomics (consumer choice, firm behavior, goods and services, supply-demand interaction) and macroeconomics (production and growth, employment and interest rates, aggregate variables)
- Identify the key factors that influence long term growth and short-term fluctuations
- Participate in challenging, hands-on, task-based assignments that allow you to apply what you learn as you investigate topics that relate to your personal interests
- Prepare yourself for more advanced study in economics theory, history, and application
- Refine your English language, communication, and rhetorical skills by participating in discussions, creating original content, and presenting your work to unfamiliar audiences
- Become familiar with the standards of elite American universities: university admissions, classroom communication, tone and rhetoric, academic format and more
- Acquire strategies for long-term, sustained independent language development
- Receive personalized, close feedback and a pedagogical approach tailored to your learning style